Er det mulig å lage en entydig, rettferdig og forsvarlig dødshjelpslov?
The public debate about assisted dying follows several tracks. The most important political question is whether euthanasia should be legalised, and if so how it should be delimited, regulated and controlled. Is it even possible to create a law that delineates when assisted dying should be allowed and when it should be prohibited, in a clear, fair and safe way? This chapter proposes criteria that can be used to design an assisted dying law, and discusses how existing laws can be evaluated based on the criteria. Particular emphasis is placed on the recent Canadian assisted dying legislation, which, in the author’s view, has failed in all three areas.